Dash switch

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Dash switch

Post by bawgixer » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:48 am

to the right of the steering wheel u have a switch to operate the rear heater,
next to this I have a blank switch where I was looking to fit a front fog switch into,
on removing the blank it has a wiring block conected to it.
Could anyone tell me what would be fitted there on other modelS and what the connector block is for.thanks.
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Re: Dash switch

Post by francophile1947 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:07 pm

It works a valve in the exhaust to heat the engine up quicker. It's only fitted to the winter versions with twin batteries.
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Re: Dash switch

Post by missfixit70 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:10 pm

Could it not be the front fog loom already in place?
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Re: Dash switch

Post by francophile1947 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:15 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Could it not be the front fog loom already in place?
My fog light switch is in the row above, next to that "coin holder" thing :?
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Re: Dash switch

Post by missfixit70 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:16 pm

Good point :wink:
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Re: Dash switch

Post by rita » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:38 pm

Hi bawgixer,

If it Is a Blank Switch ie a (Dummy),it is probably for the front fog lamps..

If you follow the wiring you will see the lamp connectors at the end.

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Re: Dash switch

Post by g8dhe » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:50 pm

rita wrote:If you follow the wiring you will see the lamp connectors at the end.
Not necessarily, the Front Fog lamps are operated via a relay, so the wiring from the switch goes to the relay on the nearside bumper and the wiring to the lamps comes from the relay itself.
or depending on the year.
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Re: Dash switch

Post by missfixit70 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:48 pm

I love the optimism of "follow the wiring" :lol: :lol:
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Re: Dash switch

Post by g8dhe » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:21 pm

In days of yore, when I was a Apprentice in BT, all the wires on a rack would be laced together with loops at 1" intervals like this;
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One of the other apprentices who had only just joined, had been asked to "follow the wire back", so he did by cutting all the lacing to follow that one wire ... he had yet to learn about colour codes :lol:
Trouble was we ALL ended up having to re-lace about 9 feet of cable form :evil: He wasn't allowed to forget that for three years :lol:
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